This whole attempted censorship of adult games on gaming platforms is becoming a thing. Collective Shout—a group out of Australia that wraps itself in a feminist flag while behaving like the religi…
Our payment network follows standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.
A store named “use these toys on fake dolls of children” is horribly distasteful but not illegal.
I can agree that maybe that type of content shouldn’t be sold, but I also understand that’s my personal opinion and not necessarily the law. Me, you or Visa or Mastercard should not be in a position to dictate whether it’s acceptable to sell such content.
EVEN IF a store was named “use these toys on fake dolls of children” (because this name would likely not even pass local laws but let’s put that aside), the store can sell cookies and take MasterCard.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate since the OOP is doing a terrible job of arguing their point.
If my brick and mortar store sold incest books, MasterCard could say, “We don’t like how you sell this one book or category of books.”
Like…fine. In which case they are being anticompetitive. The books aren’t illegal. Distasteful, perhaps, but you don’t see me complaining to MasterCard for processing bakery transactions, just because I hate gluten.
Which would contradict their statement:
A store named “use these toys on fake dolls of children” is horribly distasteful but not illegal.
I can agree that maybe that type of content shouldn’t be sold, but I also understand that’s my personal opinion and not necessarily the law. Me, you or Visa or Mastercard should not be in a position to dictate whether it’s acceptable to sell such content.
EVEN IF a store was named “use these toys on fake dolls of children” (because this name would likely not even pass local laws but let’s put that aside), the store can sell cookies and take MasterCard.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate since the OOP is doing a terrible job of arguing their point.
If my brick and mortar store sold incest books, MasterCard could say, “We don’t like how you sell this one book or category of books.”
Like…fine. In which case they are being anticompetitive. The books aren’t illegal. Distasteful, perhaps, but you don’t see me complaining to MasterCard for processing bakery transactions, just because I hate gluten.